Irene Garcia Newton is seeking answers to the dramatic decline in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) population by looking at their gut bacteria (microbiome). She and her lab also explore how host genetics, behavior, and development interact to form the microbiome.
![Researchers view alarming honey bee losses as a likely product of multiple pathogens overlapped with chronic stressors.](../../../images/newsletter/bees_280x200.jpg)